LED Approach Lighting System Installations

As the supply of incandescent lamps used in approach lighting systems dwindles, the FAA has begun using Light Emitting Diode (LED) lamps to keep the approach lighting up and running. Pilots using EFVS with IR-based sensors on approaches to runways with LED approach lights may have a decreased sensor performance.

Numerous FAA offices collaborated on how best to track the airfields where LEDs have been installed. The most efficient method of disseminating the information is to include a standard remark in the “Additional Remarks” section of the chart supplement pages for airports where LEDs have been installed in the approach lighting system(s). The below image includes an example of the verbiage that pilots should expect to see in the chart supplement. 

Contact the EFVS Point of Contact at 9-AVS-AFS-EFVS@faa.gov if you encounter LED bulbs in approach lighting systems that have not been annotated in the chart supplement.

Brittany B. Richardson

Brittany Richardson is the acting executive director of the Office of Accident Investigation and Prevention (AVP), the FAA’s focal point for safety management systems, aviation safety data, and all aircraft accident investigations and activities related to...

Regional Oceanic Resource Guides for U.S. Operators

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• NAT Resource Guide
• Pacific Resource Guide
• WAT, Gulf of America, and Caribbean Resource Guide

Tentative Meeting Schedule

The tentative schedule is not considered finalized until listed in the Federal Register Notice.

This project consists of a set of three primary and secondary meetings that focus upon a list of subjects from the “Modernization of Part 141 Initiative Public Letter and Public Meeting Objectives and Tasks”.  The secondary public meeting will provide an opportunity for follow-up discussions from the primary meeting.  Hybrid meetings can be attended either in-person or virtually.  

Subjects: Certification, Certificate Management, and Examining Authority: Part 61 training providers and challenges they face to become a part 141 pilot school; part 141 certification and certificate management; examining authority.     

• Primary Public Meeting (hybrid) - April 1-3, 2025 – FAA Southern Regional Office
  • Address: 1701 Columbia Ave., College Park, GA 30337
• Secondary Public Meeting (Virtual) – May 6-7, 2025 

Subjects: Safety: Risk mitigation, reduction of fatal accidents, and Quality Assurance System as defined by ICAO.  

• Primary Public Meeting (hybrid) – June 10-11, 2025 – Bridgewater State University (BSU)
  • Address: Moakley Auditorium; 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA 02325
• Secondary Public Meeting (Virtual) – July 8-9, 2025

Subjects: Technology and Learning:  Emerging technologies such as aircraft, simulation, EFBs, recordkeeping; various learning and examination methods. 

• CANCELLED due to a lapse in funding: Primary Public meeting (hybrid) – October 7-8, 2025 – Salt Lake City Flight Standards District Office (FSDO)
  • 1020 Flyer Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84116
• CANCELLED due to a lapse in funding: Secondary Public Meeting (hybrid) – November 4-5, 2025  – Salt Lake City Flight Standards District Office (FSDO)
  • 1020 Flyer Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84116
• CANCELLED due to a lapse in funding: Closing Public Meeting (hybrid) – December 4-5, 2025 – FAA Southwestern Regional Office
  • Address: 10101 Hillwood Pkwy., Fort Worth, TX 76177
• NEW: Public Meeting (hybrid) – January 7-8, 2026 – FAA Southwestern Regional Office
  • Address: 10101 Hillwood Pkwy., Fort Worth, TX 76177
• NEW: Closing Public Meeting (hybrid) – February 5, 2026 – FAA Southwestern Regional Office
  • Address: 10101 Hillwood Pkwy., Fort Worth, TX 76177
     

Caitlin Locke

Caitlin Locke is the Executive Director of the Aircraft Certification Service (AIR). In this role, she oversees type certification, production approval, airworthiness certification, and continued airworthiness of the U.S.

Art Sheffield

Acting Air Traffic Safety Operations Oversight Division Director, 
Air Traffic Safety Oversight Service, AOV-200

Art Sheffield is the Acting Air Traffic Safety Operations Oversight Division Director for the Air 

Competency and Checking Records

The legacy 8410-3 forms have been replaced with competency and checking form examples for the 3 primary categories of operator aircraft. Operators are expected to tailor these forms to suit the requirements of the equipment and types of operation.

• Competency and Checking Record - Airplane
• Competency and Checking Record - Helicopter
• Competency and Checking Record - PL

The following tool may be used to create a custom product. This is not a mandatory product, and users are responsible for ensuring the contents will meet current applicable guidance and regulations:

• Pilot Competency Tool 
   

FOIA and Case Data Packet Information

Information typically requested under FOIA are a Final Toxicology Report or a Case Data Packet.

• Final Toxicology Report is the official toxicology report of an individual tested in the Forensic Sciences laboratory.
• A Case Data package consists of the Final Toxicology Report, chain of custody records, analytical test records, and quality control records.

FOIA requests should be requested via ...

Paperwork Reduction Act Burden Statement

OMB CONTROL NUMBER: 2120-0535
EXPIRATION DATE: 11/30/2026

A federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with a collection of information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act unless that collection of information displays a currently valid OMB Control Number.  The OMB Control Number for this information collection is 2120-0535.  The time it takes to complete and report the collection of information to the FAA is noted on each sample.  

All responses to this collection of information are mandatory to conduct drug and alcohol testing under its Drug and Alcohol Testing Program regulation, (14 CFR Part 120), 49 USC 31306 (Alcohol and controlled substances testing), the Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991, and the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012. Additionally, this collection of information supports the DOT and FAA strategic goals for safety. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to: Information Collection Clearance Officer, Federal Aviation Administration, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177-1524.

Quick Reference Guide to EFVS Operational Credit

This document is not a replacement for the Operational Suitability Report (OSR) Operational Credit for Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS). It is intended to be a quick reference to the recommended credit values found in the OSR, and may also contain recommendations that have not yet been...